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How to Write a Poem

March 15, 2018
By juliannasabile@gmail.com GOLD, Fullerton, California
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To write a poem...
To write a bro hymn?
Hm…
Start with a low hum.
Ho hum!
Oh how I know ‘em!
Yes! I can show ‘em!
I’m not below ‘em.
Yes! I can throw ‘em
a sophisticated poem.
Ho hum!
I’m no bum!
I can write a poem!
I just need more rhymes—
Oh dear.
That did not go well.
Now I guess
I just need a
jeroboam.

© Amber L., Carpinteria, CA

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